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Harriet Beecher Stowe

Uncle Tom's Cabin

Uncle Tom's Cabin; or, Life Among the Lowly is an anti-slavery novel by American author Harriet Beecher Stowe. Published in 1852, the novel had a profound effect on attitudes toward African Americans and slavery in the United States, so much so in the latter case that the novel intensified the sectional conflict leading to the American Civil War.
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    Ay, ay! women always say such things, cause they ha'nt no sort of calculation. Just show 'em how many watches, feathers, and trinkets, one's weight in gold would buy, and that alters the case, I reckon."
    "I tell you, Haley, this must not be spoken of; I say no, and I mean no," said Shelby, decidedly.
    "Well, you'll let me have the boy
    lavinvinodhas quoted3 years ago
    opinion of it.
    "Capital, sir,—first chop!" said the trader; then turning, and slapping his hand familiarly on Shelby's shoulder, he added—
    "Come, how will you trade about the gal?—what shall I say for her—what'll you take?"
    "Mr. Haley, she is not to be sold," said Shelby. "My wife would not part with her for her weight in gold."
    lavinvinodhas quoted3 years ago
    him in admiration, "there's an article, now! You might make your fortune on that ar gal in Orleans, any day. I've seen over a thousand, in my day, paid down for gals not a bit handsomer."
    "I don't want to make my fortune on her," said Mr. Shelby, dryly; and, seeking to turn the conversation, he uncorked a bottle of fresh wine, and asked his companion's

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